Belt



June 19, 1923. 1,459,113

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Patented June 19, 1923.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN S. MIX, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HICKOKIV IANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC., A CORPORATION OF NEW' YORK. V

BELT.

- Application, filed January 7, 1922. .Serial No.'527,767.

To all w 720m it may concern Be it known that I, EDWIN S. MIX, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Rochester, in the county ofMonroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Belts, of

which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to belts and more particularly to the typehaving a buckle in one end adapted to secure the other end of the belt.An object of this invention is to so construct a belt that it may bereadily connected and disconnected from the buckle without theemployment of snap fasteners or other similar metallic fasteningdevices. A furtherobject of'the invention is to provide a connectionbetween a belt and its buckle which will be pleasing in appearance and,at the same time, inexpensive to manufacture.

To these and other ends the invention consists of certain parts andcombinations of parts all of which will be hereinafter described, thenovel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings Fig. l is a face view of a belt end constructed inaccordance with the present in vention;

Fig. 2 is an edge View of the belt end;

Fig. 3 shows a belt end in section attached to a buckle also in section;

Fig. 4 is a face view of a belt end with the buckle secured thereto; and

Fig. 5 is a perspective View of a belt embodying the invention.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention, the belt 1 which may bemade of leather or other suitable material has at one end a portion 2'turned inwardly on the rear face of the main portion. This portion 2carries, in this instance, two loops 3 projecting from the face of theinturned portion 2 opposed to the rear face of the main portion .1, themain portion 1 being passed through said loops when the belt is incondition for use. The junction or bend 4 between the main portion 1 andthe inwardly turned portion 2 serves for connecting with the buckle. Thebuckle may be of a known type comprising a body member 5 with sideflanges 6 formed with inclined slots 7 on the Walls of which operate aclamping member 8 at a point removed from the anchoring means. Aswinging member or ball 9 has its ends journalled in the-side flanges 6adacent one end of such side: flanges. The

main portion 1 of the belt. is passed about the bail and throughtheloops 3 until the bail is positioned at the bend 4. In order. to preventthat portion ofthe inwardly turned portion 2 between thebend' 45 andthe: two, loops 3 bending and passing through the loops, a reinforcingmeans is provided between the bend 4 and the loop 3 onsaid inwardlyturned portion 2. This reinforcing means, in this instance, is in theform of a piece of leather 10 stitched at 11 or otherwise secured to theportion 2; This; leather may be reduced in thickness and extended at 12between the two loops 3 and serve for fastening said loops 3 to theinwardly turned portion 2. The end 13 of the reinforcing piece 10adjacent the bend 4 serves as an abutment for confining the bail 9against movement at the bend 4. It is apparent that the reinforcingbetween the loop 3 and the bend 4 may be secured in any suitable mannerand it is also apparent that other means may be employed for preventingthe movement of the bail or anchoring means away from the bend 4:.

WVhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent isi 1. In combination with a belt buckle having an anchoring means and aclamping means thereon at a point removed from said anchoring means, abelt having a main portion and a portion turned inwardly on the innerface of the main portion about said anchoring means, said inwardlyturned portion being free from the main port-ion except at its turnedend and carrying av loop extending about the main portion, andreinforcing means on the inwardly turned ortion betweensaid loop and theanchoring means and free from the main portion.

2. In combination with a belt buckle having a swinging bail, a belthaving a main portion and an inwardly turned portion connected with themain portion. by a bend at one end of the main portion in which the bailis received, said inwardly turned portion being 3. A belt comprising amainportion, an inwardly turned portion connected with-the main portionby a bend at one end of the latter and free fromthe main portionexceptinwardly turned portion onthe'rear face of the main portionconnected with the main portion by. a bend and. free fromthe mainportion except at the bend,a loop carried by the inwardly turnedportion'and extending about: the main portion, anda shoulder arrangedbetween said loop and the bend between the main portion and the inwardlyturned portion ,to prevent movement of the anchoring portion of a beltbuckle from the space between the bend and said shoulder. -5. A beltcomprising a main portion, an

inwardly turned portion on the rear'face of the main portion connectingthe latter by a bend free from the main portion except at the bend, aloop carried by the inwardly turned portion and extending about the mainportion, and means for confining a buckle anchoring means at the bend,said means being arranged between the main portion and the inwardlyturned portion.

6. A beltcomprising a main portion, an inwardly turned portion connectedto the main portion at one'end of the latter and free from the mainportion except at the bend, two loops extending from the inwardly turnedportion about the main portion, and a reinforcing piece on theinwardly'turned portion, between the latter and the main portion,extending between the loops and also extending from the loo nearest thebend toward the said bend to provide a shoulder adjacent the bend forconfining the anchoring means of the buckle against movement from thespace vbetween the bend and the shoulder.-

EDWIN s. MIX.

